Shaw Chorus and Orchestra Opens Concert Series Here Saturday
Ukiah highlights the Ukiah Community Concert Association 1954 55 season with the Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra Saturday at 8 15 p m in the Ukiah High School auditorium The 30 member group directed by the 38 year old conductor Robert Shaw plans a program ranging from renaissance to modern choral ballet Admission is by membership card only and seating reciprocity for visiting associations applies with a five minute rule.
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Robert Shaw Chorale
Ukigh High School
Ukiah Community Concert Association
Ukiah High School
Alan Auger
US protests Russ detention of two diplomats wives
The State Department charged Russian agents with mistreating and illegally detaining the wives of two American diplomats during a photo session near the U.S. Embassy in Moscow. The Russians, branding Mrs. Karl Sommerlatte persona non grata, claimed hooliganism and slapped a policeman, while U.S. officials said secret police lured and forcibly detained the women for 90 minutes, prompting a strong diplomatic protest to Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Karl E. Sommerlatte
Russia
U.S
la Jolla
Calif
Department
Stiff
Night Typing Classes Planned By Local High School
Ukiah Union High School will offer a six week night typing course starting Tuesday November 2 at 7 PM under Mr. Ben Farmer. The program runs Tuesdays and Thursdays 7 to 9 PM, aiming at beginners with potential advanced work for experienced typists if space allows. A second six week session will follow as continuation.
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Ben Farmer
Pat Ukiah Union High School
Queen Mother Starts U S Visit Amid Ocean Voyage
Queen Mother Elizabeth begins a three week U.S. tour with a luncheon at the Canadian Club while staying at Sir Pierson Dixon’s seven acre estate in Riverdale. She plans sightseeing and a family dinner before attending a Broadway show pa jama Game. The Queen Elizabeth arrived late after an Atlantic storm and she impressed crew by inspecting the liner and changing outfits aboard.
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New York
Elizabeth
United States
Pierson Dixon
Queen Mother
Sir Pierson
Riverdale
Britain
Queen
State Legislators Highlight Regional Farm Bureau Meet
A panel of three assemblymen and two state senators led a day at the Region Eight California Farm Bureau Federation gathering drawing more than 100 farm bureau leaders from Mendocino Sonoma Del Norte Humboldt Lake Napa and Marin. Propositions on the November ballot were discussed with Assemblymen Richard McCollister Lloyd Lowry and Frank Bellotti and Senators Frank Coombs Presley Abs hir e L H McIntire reelected livestock department chair. Hubert Fruehaus Napa regional director led the meeting after Rankin Rickard Mendo count y Farm Bureau president welcomed attendees.
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Region Fight
California Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
California
Mendocino
Sonoma
del Norte
Humboldt, Lake, Napa
Marin
Richard McCollister
Lloyd Lowry
Frank Bellotti
Frank Coombs
Presley Abshire
L. H. McIntire
Lake County
Livestock Department
Hubert Fruehaus
Napa
Commodity Department
Rankin Rickard
Mencocino County
Adenauer Visit Aims to Thwart Soviet Disruption of 15-Power Pact
German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer arrives in Washington for rapid talks with President Eisenhower and Dulles to deter any Russian move to derail rearming West Germany. He expects parliamentary ratification within months and advocates united Western fronts against Moscow, with plans to reunite Germany if Russia eases its grip on East and satellite territories.
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Washington
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Hitler
Washington National Airport
John Foster Dulles
White House
State Department
Hugh Baillie
United Press
Germany
Eisenhower
Dulles
Ger
Moscow
Adenquer
Free Germany
Adenauer J
United States
Britain
France
Paris
Weather forecast for Northwestern California and Fort Bragg area
Northwestern California will be fair today through Thursday with little temperature change. Napa reaches 78 and 40, Santa Rosa 78 and 39, Ukiah 79 and 39 with 10 to 15 mph winds. Fort Bragg area stays fair with little temperature change and coastal winds of 8 to 15 mph.
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California
Napa
Santa Rosa
Ukiaha
Fort Bragg
Eisenhower Faces Questions as Campaign Strategy Shifts
President Eisenhower resumed press conference duties amid questions about why he shifted from aloof to active campaigning. The Republican push leans on Ike and Nixon, aiming to boost party fortunes. Democratic leaders demand free air time in response.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Ike
Council Session To Consider Sewerage Plan Ukiah Ukiah Valley sewer district options
City council and Mendocino county supervisors meet to discuss three Kennedy firm plans for Ukiah Valley sewer district. Plan one joins city with district at 816700 total, plan two contracts city usage at 505000, plan three has district build trunk line and plant with no city participation. A bid for a 40 by 100 foot airport warehouse is also to be acted on.
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Mendocino
Laytonville Driver Guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter
Lyle G. Williams, 21, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter by a nine man three woman jury after a short deliberation. The verdict, delivered to Judge Hale McCowen, recommends county jail time with sentencing set for November 5, possible up to one year. The August 3 crash near Laytonville killed Wade Hampton Watts Jr., 34, of San Fernando, when a logging truck and dolly crossed the white line on a sharp curve. Testimony supported recklessness and the rig being over the line. defense argued otherwise. Continued on Page 4-
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Lyle G. Williams
Hale McCowen
Laytonville
McCowen
Williams
Wade Hampton Watts Jr
San Fernando
Elizabeth Watts
William Weber
Branscomb
Watts
Roy Burton
California Hoghany Patrol
Mystery Surrounds Accident That Injured Margaret Walling
Mendocino county sheriffs pursue a possible foul play angle after Margaret Walling, 39, a Santa Rosa lab technician, was found seriously injured at the foot of a 150 foot bluff above the Eel river. Heel prints and a missing time frame complicate the probe as plaster casts await sheriff’s office officials.
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Margaret Walling
Santa Rosa
Eel River
Mendocino County
Grunday’s
Ernest Parscale
Parscale
Gene Frederick
Lanes Flat
Miss Walling
Clinton Duffy Speaks In Ukiah Thursday
Republican candidate Clinton Duffy will address Mendocino county voters on KUKI tomorrow night Oct. 28 from 7 15 to 7 30 pam He will spend the night in Ukiah before continuing his campaign tour.
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Clinton Duffy
Ukiah
State Board of Equalization
Mendocino County
Pam
Duffy
Salerno Flood Disaster Threatens Italy’s Worst Postwar Toll
United States joined the relief effort as rescue teams battled flash floods that devastated the Salerno-Amalfi-Nocera Inferiore corridor. Officials estimated over 420 dead or missing and thousands homeless, with utilities wrecked and epidemics feared. Premier Scelba flew to the disaster area as aid arrived from across Italy.
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Salerno
Italy
United States
U.S. Foreign Operations Administration
Harold Stassen
Rome
Naples
Fiold
Salerno-Amalfi- Nocera - Inferiore
Mario Scelba
Amalfi
Nocera Inferiore
Recon plane spots smoke in Alps amid missing US transport
In Nice France a reconnaissance pilot saw wisps of smoke on a mountain indicating a possible crash of an American Air Force transport missing since Sunday with two men aboard. In Los Angeles Democratic nominee Richard Graves vowed to reveal truth about Governor Knight and the San Diego liquor affair. Blonde actress Lynn Baggett was acquitted of manslaughter in the death of a boy but convicted of hit-and-run in the same crash.
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Nice
France
Alps
Los Angeles
Richard Graves
Goodwin J. Knight
San Diego
Lynn Baggett
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Robert Shaw
Charlie McCarthy
Chorale
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John Foster Dukes
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Secy
Herbert Hoover Jr
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Douglas McKay
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George Humphrey
NEA Telephoto Civil Service
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Rowland K. Hughes
Defense Mobilizer
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James J. Mitchell
Arthur Summertiel
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Sherman Adams
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